poaka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori poaka (“pig”).

Noun

poaka (plural poakas)

  1. (New Zealand, among the Maori people) A pig.
    • 1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives..., New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 62:
      When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out […]

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka.

Noun

poaka

  1. pig
  2. pork

Derived terms

  • mīti poaka
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